net md and md transfer compatibility

[paradigm43]

I have a sony net md minidisc that i hook up to my pc and a normal minidisc player. i cant seem to be able to copy music to my net md that will play on the normal md player am i donig something wrong or is it just not possible

[KJ_Palmer]

Assuming your 'normal' MD player is an older model that won't play LP format, you need to choose SP transfer mode in Sonicstage. Transfer mode settings can changed by clicking the black 'suitcase' icon in the middle of the transfer screen. Hope that helps.

[raintheory]

Welcome to the MiniDisc Community!

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First things first, you will want to use one of the following versions of SonicStage depending on your OS:

WinXP: SonicStage 4.2 - http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=17769

Vista: SonicStage 4.3 - http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=9586

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4.3 has been known to cause problems with OS' other than Vista, whereas 4.3 is the only version compatible with vista.

As Barock said, you need to choose "SP compatibility Mode" in transfer settings. This will use a "Fake" SP mode which looks like SP to all players (thus will play on any unit), but is technically LP2 quality (132kbps instead of 292kbps). But don't let the numbers fool you, you may or may not notice a difference. Try it and see. This methos usually takes a bit longer to transfer.

The only way to get trueSP (292kbps) is to record in realtime using line or optical input on the unit itself. This method would be slower (realtime)

Please post back and let us know how it goes!

Aaron (raintheory)

Edited February 22, 2008 by raintheory

[Richard]

* Moved to Software Discussion section

[paradigm43]

Welcome to the MiniDisc Community!

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First things first, you will want to use one of the following versions of SonicStage depending on your OS:

WinXP: SonicStage 4.2 - http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=17769

Vista: SonicStage 4.3 - http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=9586

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4.3 has been known to cause problems with OS' other than Vista, whereas 4.3 is the only version compatible with vista.

As Barock said, you need to choose "SP compatibility Mode" in transfer settings. This will use a "Fake" SP mode which looks like SP to all players (thus will play on any unit), but is technically LP2 quality (132kbps instead of 292kbps). But don't let the numbers fool you, you may or may not notice a difference. Try it and see. This methos usually takes a bit longer to transfer.

The only way to get trueSP (292kbps) is to record in realtime using line or optical input on the unit itself. This method would be slower (realtime)

Please post back and let us know how it goes!

Aaron (raintheory)

thanks so much people it is all sorted now,

i was using a sony mz-510 and a sony mz-e20

i downloaded v4.2 like you suggested

used sp mode

and it all works fine

thanks again

Andy